Belle and Sebastian kick off UK tour in Belfast
News just in that Belle and Sebastian are kicking off their first UK and Ireland tour since 2006 here in Belfast. December 1st. Ulster Hall.
They headlined Latitude last weekend and are giving over their December to 10 shows.
The winter tour includes three shows with a 40 piece orchestra. But unfortunately not the Ulster Hall show. Gateshead, Birmingham and Manchester get B&S with the London Contemporary Orchestra, who were also with the band at Latitude.
But if the orchestra isn't coming across here, to either the Belfast or the Dublin gigs (its the next night on the 2nd Dec) maybe we should rustle up our own orchestral sounds for the band. What about the Ulster Orchestra in the Ulster Hall? They've already done similar gigs with Neil Hannon, Marianne Faithfull and Duke Special. So they know their way around contemporary music as well as the classical big hitters. And I've just checked their programme and they'll be in rehearsal for The Snowman concert on the 4th so they could squeeze in Belle & Sebastian. As long as the music for "Walking in the Air" didn't get mixed up in the Belle & Sebastian playlist!
I've already suggested the UO to the PR man so let's see!
Whatever happens, as long as they play "The Fox in the Snow" from their "If you're feeling sinister" album I'll be happy.
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At 09:37 22nd Jul 2010, DigiBox5 wrote:As a fervent supporter of the Ulster Orchestra I too admire the breadth and quality of its work. I checked with their Marketing people about the Belle and Sebastian possibility and they told me that the Orchestra is taking a Christmas Concert on tour that week (before walking in the air with The Snowman concerts). It's playing in Ballymena on 30 Nov, Strabane on 1 Dec and Bangor on 2 Dec. A busy week all round!
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